UP polls: Yogi Adityanath's supporters threathen poll bycott, here's why
New Delhi, Mar 15: At a time when stage is all set for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls which is scheduled for the next year, BJP is facing big trouble in its own house.
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Reportedly, party MP Yogi Adityanath's Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) has threathened top leadership. The right-wing outfit wants BJP to project Yogi Adityanath as Chief Ministerial candidate of the party.
Sources said that Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) has also put up many hoardings in Faizabad district. Yuva vahini has said that if BJP doesn't project its leader as CM candidate then in that case they will bycott voting in coming Assembly election.
"Yogi nahin toh vote nahin, Mission 2017", "Desh me Modi, Pradesh me Yogi", one of hoardings, reads.
However, Yogi Adityanath has distanced himself from the outfit's call. Expressing displeasure over the 'meaningless' demand, he has ordered HYV workers to remove posters from every places.
Shambhunath
Jaiswal,
who
is
HYV's
Faizabad
unit
president
was
quoted
by
Indian
Express
as
saying,
"Yes,
Yogi
Adityanathji
has
asked
me
to
remove
the
hoardings
immediately.
But
I
am
not
going
to
do
so.
I
have
to
send
a
message
to
the
BJP
from
the
land
of
Ram
temple
that
it
must
project
Yogiji
as
the
CM
candidate.
The
entire
Hindu
community
and
the
sant
fraternity
believe
that
Yogiji
is
the
most
suitable
candidate
for
the
CM
post
in
Uttar
Pradesh".
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